Show NOT THE UTAH LLOYD Former State Mine Inspector Writes From Klondike for the Purpose of Setting Several I Things Plight Some weeks since The Tribune printed a story of a series ot adventures I adven-tures supposed to have bcdn had by I Thomas Lloyd formerly State Mine Inspector of Utah and now In Dawson Daw-son City Tin story was based on un article In a Buffalo N Yf paper which I Uated thai Mr Lloyd had been arrested i I arrest-ed twice In Buffalo for not having any I visible means of support and that ho I I had twice been compelled to exhibit I J27GOO which he had on his person I I It was evidently not the Utah Thomnn Lloyd Judging from the following let I tel The Tribune received yesterday I Dawson Y T Feb 3 J 1002 Editor frlhuneJ have recently been handed a clipping from your paper pa-per by Harry Edwards a former Salt Laker This article IE I headed Thomas Lloyd formerly State Mining Inspector Inspec-tor arrested twice within two hours In LJuflnlo N Y Thinking there might be a possibility that some of my good friends In Utah would confound me with what Is evidently seine other Thomas Lloyd I bop to request that you set matters straight In so far as I I nm concerned Evidently the original orig-inal I article from which your story wan secured sta ted that the Thomas Lloyd In question was a man weighing about one hundred pounds with his former home In North Adams Mass and his arrest occurring In Buffalo Now the fact IB your Salt Lake Tommy Tom-my still tips the scales at iCO has never had the pleasure of visiting North Adams Mass and while admitting admit-ting he haD been Buffaloed never has he been In Buffalo The likeness In the two names Is not unusual us thero are more Lloyds to the square Inch In the Yukon Territory than any other place on the globe The article states that the said Lloyd had 27000 on his person per-son Anybody knowing mo will readily read-ily understand the absurdity of this remark and while we do not take any particular exception to this part of the article still wo must disclaim the same In one other Instance In my experience have I witnessed the name Lloyd confused That was In the case of an Irishman whoso wife died He wished to put a proper epitaph on her tombstone and found It necessary louse lo-use the following Beneath this rustic pile of stones here lies the body ot Mary Jones her name was Lloyd It was not Jones but Jones was put to rhyme with stones Trusting you will put this matter right I am yours very truly THOMAS LLOYD |